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These days we hear lots of nonsense about the "great classless society". The idea that the twentieth century is the age of the c

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问题    These days we hear lots of nonsense about the "great classless society". The idea that the twentieth century is the age of the common man has become one of the great cliches of our time. The same old arguments are put forward in evidence. Here are some of them: monarchy as a system of government has been completely discarded. In a number of countries the victory has been completed. The people rule; the great millennium has become a political reality. But has it? Close examination doesn ’t bear out the claim.
   It is a fallacy to suppose that all men are equal and that society will be leveled out if you provide everybody with the same educational opportunities. The fact is that nature dispenses brains and ability with a total disregard for the principle of equality. The old rules of the jungle, survival of the fittest, and might is right are still with us. The spread of education has destroyed the old class system and created a new one. Rewards are based on merit. For aristocracy "read meritocracy"; in other respects, society remains unaltered: the class system is rigidly maintained.
   What is the first thing people do when they become rich? They use their wealth to secure the best possible opportunities for their children, to give them a good start in life. For all the lip service we pay to the idea of equality, we do not consider this wrong in the western world. Private schools offer unfair advantages over state schools are not banned. In this way, the new meritocracy can perpetuate itself to a certain extent: an able child from a wealthy home can succeed far more rapidly than his poorer counterpart. Wealth is also used indiscriminately to further political ends. It would be almost impossible to become the leader of a democracy without massive financial backing. Money is as powerful a weapon as ever it was.
   In societies wholly dedicated to the principle of social equality, privileged private education is forbidden. But even here people are rewarded according to their abilities. In fact, so great is the need for skilled workers that the least able may be neglected. Bright children are carefully and expensively trained to become future rulers. In the end, all political ideologies boil down to the same thing: class divisions persist whether you are ruled by a feudal king or an educated peasant.
What is the main idea of this passage?
选项 A、Equality of opportunity in the twentieth century has not destroyed the class system.
B、Equality means money.
C、There is no such society as classless society.
D、Nature can’t give you a classless society.
答案A
解析 文章一开始就批判了“没有阶级”的社会论断，即虽然君主和王权被推翻，但是不公平依然存在。作者在第二段讨论了不公平的原因在于人的能力大小，即能力使人的回报有差异，差异性形成之后教育也会随之产生不同，在此基础上，政治也在不断倾向精英阶层。结合后文可知，这篇文章总体在讨论即使人们受教育机会均等，21世纪阶级依然存在，故A项“20世纪的机会均等并没有摧毁阶级制度”符合文意。B项“平等意味着金钱”、 C项“没有无阶级这样的社会”和D项“自然界不能给你一个无阶级的社会”均不符合题意，故选A。
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